• DOI:10.1144/SP287.21
Corpus ID: 128576633

Clarence Edward Dutton (1841–1912): soldier, polymath and aesthete

@inproceedings{Orme2007ClarenceED,
  title={Clarence Edward Dutton (1841–1912): soldier, polymath and aesthete},
  author={A. Orme},
  year={2007}
}

• A. Orme
• Published 2007
• Geology

Abstract Clarence Edward Dutton (1841–1912) was one of several scientists who laid the foundations for modern geology from their work in North America during the late nineteenth century. Dutton was a career soldier who fought in the American Civil War and remained with the US Army Ordnance Corps to his retirement in 1901. Despite military obligations, Dutton developed a profound interest in geology and, on secondment first to the Powell Survey and later to the fledgling US Geological Survey… Expand

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